Alariaceae

Alariaceae
Alaria esculenta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Supergroup:	Stramenopiles
Division:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Laminariales
Family:	Alariaceae
Genera
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Alariaceae are a family of brown algae in the order Laminariales.

Genera

• Alaria Areschoug
• Aureophycus
• Eualaria Areschoug
• Lessoniopsis Reinke
• Pleurophycus Setchell & Saunders ex J.Tilden
• Pterygophora Ruprecht
• Undaria Suringar (e.g. wakame)
• Undariella Y.P.Petrov & Kussakin

Distribution

The distribution of Alariaceae includes the northeastern Pacific Ocean, South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand coasts.

References

Further reading

Wikispecies has information related to Alariaceae.

• Gerasimenko, N.I.; Martyyas, E.A.; Busarova, N.G. (November 15, 2012). "Composition of lipids and biological activity of lipids and photosynthetic pigments from algae of the families Laminariaceae and Alariaceae". Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 48 (5): 737–741. doi:10.1007/s10600-012-0371-5.

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